A new poll from Rasmussen Reports reveals the 2024 presidential race isn't as close as some pollsters have predicted after the momentum from Vice President Kamala Harris' ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket begins to wear off. Several polls have shown that the race for the White House narrowed significantly, with Harris gaining ground on Trump nationally and being competitive with him in every swing state. The Rasmussen poll, however, may signal the beginning of the end for the Democrats' momentum swing.
According to the poll, taken from August 8 and August 11-14 with 1,885 likely voters, President Trump is leading Harris nationally by four points with 49 percent support compared to the vice president's 45 percent support. When other candidates were included in the questionnaire, survey respondents backed Trump 48 percent of the time compared to Harris at 44 percent, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 4 percent, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 1 percent.
The poll is welcome news for Trump, who has been struggling to find an effective avenue of attack against Harris-Walz since she became the nominee less than a month ago. Consequently, the Trump campaign announced a major restructuring to include veterans of Trump's 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.
Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager responsible for Trump's 2016 surprise win, has been brought into the campaign to be positioned at the top of the Trump team as a campaign chairman, above campaign co-managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita. "As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team," Wiles and LaCivita said in a statement. "Corey Lewandowski, Taylor Budowich, Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Tim Murtaugh are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns, and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history."
In addition to the former campaign manager, Team Trump will also be bringing on several other new staffers, including Trump's 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh, Alex Pfeiffer, Taylor Budowich, and Alex Bruesewitz, top officials on the Trump-supporting political action committee MAGA Inc.
While the campaign shakeup and the Rasmussen poll are good signs for the Trump campaign, the polling average still gives Harris an advantage. According to FiveThirtyEight, Harris has a 2.7-point lead on Trump with 46.2 percent support compared to Trump's 43.5 percent. The race will likely be extremely close by the time votes are counted on the evening of November 5. The race could result in a repeat of 2020 when a few thousand votes across several states decide the country's fate for the next four years.
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